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2016 Postmortem

ashtonelijah

(340 posts) Sun Nov 4, 2012, 06:04 PM Nov 2012

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CNN headline: "Polls shed little light on race; Obama, Romney locked in tight race."

Meanwhile, 19 of 20 swing state polls a few days ago had Obama ahead.

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CNN headline: "Polls shed little light on race; Obama, Romney locked in tight race." (Original Post) ashtonelijah Nov 2012 OP

It's all good--counters complacency, gets more Obama supporters to the polls. pointsoflight Nov 2012 #1

Fuck them Doctor Jack Nov 2012 #2

WILL YOU PLEASE JUST SHUT UP! SingleSeatBiggerMeat Nov 2012 #3

Yeah, and I call "BULLSHIT!" trof Nov 2012 #4

Don't you know? zbdent Nov 2012 #5

CNN = Corporate Nutjob News polichick Nov 2012 #6

CNN: WW2 still too close to call. n/t spockeye Nov 2012 #7

"voters refuse to buy bullshit media mystified". Warren Stupidity Nov 2012 #8

There are none so blind as those who will not see.....nt Wounded Bear Nov 2012 #9

That's ok, I would rather people think it's close democrattotheend Nov 2012 #10

Political Polling Is No Longer Meaningful md83 Nov 2012 #11

It's too close to call rightsideout Nov 2012 #12

CNN is worse than FOX. Odin2005 Nov 2012 #13

CNN headline: Cable ratings race too close to call! Azathoth Nov 2012 #14

pointsoflight

(1,372 posts)

1. It's all good--counters complacency, gets more Obama supporters to the polls.

Reply to ashtonelijah (Original post)

Sun Nov 4, 2012, 06:06 PM

Nov 2012

Doctor Jack

(3,072 posts)

2. Fuck them

Reply to ashtonelijah (Original post)

Sun Nov 4, 2012, 06:07 PM

Nov 2012

Pieces of fucking shit over there. I literally imagine Wolf Blitzer as a turd wearing a tie. Its no wonder they are the lowest rated news network

SingleSeatBiggerMeat

(220 posts)

3. WILL YOU PLEASE JUST SHUT UP!

Reply to ashtonelijah (Original post)

Sun Nov 4, 2012, 06:07 PM

Nov 2012

They are working a narrative and you ain't helping at all.

trof

(54,256 posts)

4. Yeah, and I call "BULLSHIT!"

Reply to ashtonelijah (Original post)

Sun Nov 4, 2012, 06:07 PM

Nov 2012

zbdent

(35,392 posts)

5. Don't you know?

Reply to ashtonelijah (Original post)

Sun Nov 4, 2012, 06:08 PM

Nov 2012

Obama doesn't get "momentum" ... Republicans get "momentum".

polichick

(37,152 posts)

6. CNN = Corporate Nutjob News

Reply to ashtonelijah (Original post)

Sun Nov 4, 2012, 06:08 PM

Nov 2012

spockeye

(238 posts)

7. CNN: WW2 still too close to call. n/t

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Sun Nov 4, 2012, 06:10 PM

Nov 2012

Warren Stupidity

(48,181 posts)

8. "voters refuse to buy bullshit media mystified".

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Sun Nov 4, 2012, 06:11 PM

Nov 2012

Wounded Bear

(58,666 posts)

9. There are none so blind as those who will not see.....nt

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Sun Nov 4, 2012, 06:11 PM

Nov 2012

democrattotheend

(11,605 posts)

10. That's ok, I would rather people think it's close

Reply to ashtonelijah (Original post)

Sun Nov 4, 2012, 06:13 PM

Nov 2012

The last thing the Obama campaign wants is complacency.

md83

(15 posts)

11. Political Polling Is No Longer Meaningful

Reply to ashtonelijah (Original post)

Sun Nov 4, 2012, 06:14 PM

Nov 2012

Political Polling Is No Longer Meaningful

The truth is that we have no idea who is ahead in the presidential race. Opinion polling has entered uncharted territory as response rates have plummeted.

When you receive an unexpected call from a private number or 1-800 number, do you answer the phone? Most people don't, and those who do are hardly a representative sample of the American population. Yet the results of all major political polls are based on the assumption that the 9 percent of us who answer the phone are perfectly representative of the 91 percent who don't...

http://truth-out.org/news/item/12418-political-polling-is-no-longer-meaningful

rightsideout

(978 posts)

12. It's too close to call

Reply to ashtonelijah (Original post)

Sun Nov 4, 2012, 06:16 PM

Nov 2012

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Odin2005

(53,521 posts)

13. CNN is worse than FOX.

Reply to ashtonelijah (Original post)

Sun Nov 4, 2012, 07:09 PM

Nov 2012

At least Fucks Snooze make no bones about being RW propaganda, CNN pretends to be objective.

Azathoth

(4,610 posts)

14. CNN headline: Cable ratings race too close to call!

Reply to ashtonelijah (Original post)

Sun Nov 4, 2012, 07:12 PM

Nov 2012

http://www.mediabistro.com/tvnewser/the-scoreboard-thursday-november-1_b153065#more-153065

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